Shocking ‘Empire’ Shooting Leaves Lyon Family Member Hospitalized

The wait was finally over as Lucious and the rest of the Lyon family headed to the American Sound Awards, but they didn’t expect what happened next. At the end of the penultimate episode of this season’s of Empire, fans were left wondering if one of the Lyon family members would survive a possibly fatal gunshot wound.

As Lucious and Cookie were making their way down the red carpet, Cookie’s drunk sister Carol tried to crash the party, but Cookie shut her down pretty quickly. Unfortunately, on her way out, Carol stopped to talk to Freda and spilled the beans about Lucious being involved in her father’s death. This obviously enraged Freda who then took off down the red carpet, stole a gun from a security guard, and pushed her way through a crowd of people to come face to face with Lucious. The only problem was that Lucious’s son, Jamal, jumped in front of his dad before Freda pulled the trigger and took a bullet to the gut.

Jamal survived long enough to make it to the hospital and into surgery, but fans of the show will have to wait until next week’s season finale to find out if he’s going to survive.

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Empire airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.

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